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Naked Tree
Autumn is definitely here. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Continue reading
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Quote
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” Warren Buffet Continue reading
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Glass Igloos
From the email archive. There are glass igloos for rent in Finland where you can sleep under the Northern Lights! Photographer Unknown Continue reading
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Quote
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask whats for lunch. Orson Welles Continue reading
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Crappy Weather
Photo was taken on the 21st, well before the worst of the storm hit late last night. Constant heavy rain and windy as all hell. Gotta love New England weather. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Continue reading
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Swimming
You never know who’s swimming naked until the tide goes out. Warren Buffet Continue reading
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Doctrines
“Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it’s from Neptune.” -Noam Chomsky Continue reading
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Colors Of Autumn
Took this photo a couple of days ago. In a few more days, the rest of the green leaves will be turning red, then it will be bare till next spring. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Continue reading
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Quote
“Be curious, not judgemental.” Walt Whitman Continue reading
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Poetry
Don’t use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry. Source of quote Continue reading
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Destiny
Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny. Mahatma Gandhi Continue reading
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Quote
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. “ –Marcus Aurelius Continue reading
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Wind
Wind blowing Leaves falling Day closer to winter A Pondering Mind 10/19/2014 Continue reading
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Quote
“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice” –Stephen Hawking Continue reading
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California Red-Sided Garter Snake
From the email archive. Photographer unknown Continue reading
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Changing Seasons
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. -George Santayana This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Continue reading
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Senior Trying to Set a Password
From the email archive: Senior trying to set a password . WINDOWS : Please enter your new password: USER : “cabbage” WINDOWS : Sorry, the password must be more than 8 characters. USER: “boiled cabbage” WINDOWS : Sorry, the password must contain 1 numerical character. USER: “1 boiled cabbage” WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot have blank spaces. USER : “50bloodyboiledcabbages” WINDOWS : Sorry,… Continue reading
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Quote
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” – Voltaire Continue reading
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Motivation
“I just couldn’t take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that’s about all I did at school.” – Alvin Lee Continue reading
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Coffee Mug Sketch
Nothing like a mug of coffee, to kick start the day, and to keep going all day long. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Continue reading
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Doubt
“There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills. ” –Buddha Continue reading
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Quote
Every hero becomes a bore at last. Ralph Waldo Emerson Brainy Quote Continue reading
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How Time Flies
Talk about ‘how time flies.’ Just heard a song on the radio. “Can I Get a Witness” by Marvin Gaye. The song goes back to the ’60s. It brought back memories, some good, so bad, and so-so. Yes, ‘how time flies.’ A Pondering Mind 10/12/2014 This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative… Continue reading
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Tree Sketch
Another one of my attempts of sketching/doodling. Practice makes it perfect, so they say. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Continue reading
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Challenge
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ” –Martin Luther King Continue reading
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Shortest/Longest Sentences
From the email archive. Continue reading
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Education System
Found in the email archive. Continue reading
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Knowledge
“I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion” – Alexander the Great Continue reading
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Quote
“For now is my grief heavier than the sands of the seas, she thought. This world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow’s life.” –Frank Herbert Continue reading
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Flattery
Photo taken at 2:21 PM. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Continue reading
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Quote
You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred. Woody Allen Continue reading
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My top 10 unfinishable novels
The article is from The Guardian on line. Found it to be an enlightening read. My top 10 unfinishable novels http://gu.com/p/42axe Continue reading
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Mature Humans
Found in the email. Mature Humans How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear or understand a word they said? I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the… Continue reading
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Satanic Gecko
Found in the email. Continue reading
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Silence
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” –Robert Frost Continue reading
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Humanity
“Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.” – Bhimrao R. Ambedkar Continue reading
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That Must Suck
You over slept. The milk in the fridge has turned sour. The dog took a dump on the living room floor. You get in the car and the battery is dead as a door nail. Call for a taxi for a ride to the train station. You arrive five minutes late, and the last morning… Continue reading
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Existence
“You aren’t thinking or really existing unless you’re willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgement of your existence.” –Frank Herbert Continue reading
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The Way It Is
When I see blue sky with a smattering of clouds, it makes me happy. This my fellow readers, is all I need. Don’t need religion, nor read the bible. Don’t need to be told how to enjoy life. I am just basically one happy man, that likes solitude, peace of mind, and quietness. The coffee… Continue reading
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Time
“Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.” –Nathaniel Hawthorne Continue reading
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Failure
“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” Mary Pickford Continue reading
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Opinions
“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.” –John Locke Continue reading
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A Night Photo
Photo was the previous night. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Continue reading
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Quote
“Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.” – Stephen Fry Continue reading
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Faults
Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and of the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. Chinese Proverb Source: enproverbia Continue reading
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A stupid man’s report ….
“A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. ” –Bertrand Russel Continue reading
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A lie can …….
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” – Mark Twain http://www.bq4android.com/android/quotes/getQuote.php?id=270 Continue reading
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Hallway
Second floor hallway facing the exit. A Pondering Mind 9/29/2014 Continue reading
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Cowards
Cowards can never be moral. -Mahatma Gandhi. Continue reading
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Real Life
To most of us the real life is the life we do not lead. -Oscar Wilde. Continue reading
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Remote
Just an ordinary photo of a couple of remotes, magazines and part of a coffee mug. A Pondering Mind Continue reading
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Intellectual
“An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.” – Aldous Huxley http://www.bq4android.com/android/quotes/getQuote.php?id=3155 Continue reading
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Friend
The only way to have a friend is to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Death
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller Continue reading
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Pipe
Thought I would give sketching a try. Not bad for something I haven’t done for a long time. Continue reading
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Useless Post
Yup! A nothing, useless post. ——- A Pondering Mind 9/22/2014 Continue reading
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Age
Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate. Soren Kierkegaard Continue reading
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Quote
All movements go too far. Bertrand Russell Brainy Quote Continue reading
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A Master …..
A master, holding up his staff, says: “If you have one, I give you mine; if you have none, I will take it away from you”. Zen Koan Continue reading
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Buildings And Distant Fog
After a heavy down pour, the fog can be seen in the distance at 8:19 AM. Continue reading
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Nature
Quote source: Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Just Thinking
Snow is white. When it melts, it’s colorless drops of water. —— A Pondering Mind 9/20/2014 Continue reading
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Challenge
Asana: any of various yoga postures Source: Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Just A Thought
A day without coffee, is like a junkie needing a fix. —— A Pondering Mind 9/19/2014 Continue reading
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Justice
Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved those few with enough money and influence to afford it. Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Freedom
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free. Thich Nhat Hanh Continue reading
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Get It Right Before You Speak
When I was listening to the radio this morning, the mid-morning, early-afternoon DJ, announcer or whatever they are called, was making mention of Autumn beginning this Saturday, the 20th. Well, it does not start on that date. It is September 23, the same day as my late father’s birthday was. Then about an hour later… Continue reading
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Headache
Had a headache. Took two Advil. Crashed on the couch. The headache is gone. Now, good to go. Continue reading
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Quote
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world. Voltaire Continue reading
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All-Terrain 4 Wheeler
—————————– Above is from the email inbox. Continue reading
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Experience
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it. Lao Tzu Continue reading
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Fault
Don’t find fault, find a remedy. Henry Ford Brainy Quote Continue reading
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